2 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com May 15, 2013 CONTENT May 15, 2013 FEATURE CULTURE 9 A celebrAtion 200 editors-in-chief: 7 the reAder eAter Brian Graham & Adam Welsh yeArs in the mAking The Smugglers' Wharf Reviewed managing editor: Ben Speggen The Perry 200 Grand Patriotic Parade contributing editor: 12 iF We Were yoU... Cory Vaillancourt NEWS AND NOTES Here’s what we would do contributors: Alex Bieler 4 UPFRONT 14 TO-do list Brennan Donnelly Erie Reader Downtown Debate Series Pre-Gathering at Chaffee's Party, Pen Ealain Always... Patsy Cline Matthew Flowers 5 street CORNER soAPboX Leslie McAllister 15 thriFt STORE shoPPing Rich McCarty Gerrymandering Districts Jay Stevens A Mecca for Eclectic Personalities Rebecca Styn 6 the WAy i see it Bryan Toy Women at Work, Redistricting 17 FASHION copy editor: The Street Fashionista 6 tech WATCH Alex Bieler 19 YOU oUght TO knoW Hackers Attack designer: Angie Seykora Burim Loshaj cover design: Mark Kosobucki Photographer: Matt Kleck Jessica Yochim interns: nity where good jobs drive a healthy debates we produce. You role is to Adam Kelly economy that nurtures all of the ar- question, and to think, and to listen, Ryan Maloney From the tistic, geographic, and human beauty and to vote for the person you think 32 W. 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Part of a two-year celebration in an affordable, beautiful, family- This is your role. out of a better, more fully-developed commemorating both Commodore friendly community -- a commu- Your role is to partake in these future. May 15, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 3 UPFRONT NEws A Big Deal: County Executive Candidates Trade Jabs of the By: Cory Vaillancourt Weird By: Chuck Shepherd n Monday, May 13, we held the third Erie Reader Downtown Debate Series at the Frontiers of Parenting Jefferson Educational Society. The aribou Baby, a Brooklyn, N.Y., "eco-friendly Odebates focused on the race for the maternity, baby and lifestyle store," has re- Erie County Executive, and were, Ccently been hosting gatherings at which parents as Erie Reader Editor-in-Chief exchange tips on "elimination communication" Adam Welsh said in his opening -- the weaning of infants without benefit of remarks, “a big deal.” diapers (as reported in April by the New York Times). Parents watch for cues, such as a certain The Democrats "cry or grimace" that supposedly signals that the Just before 7 p.m. Democratic tot urgently needs to be hoisted onto a potty. challenger Kathy Dahlkemper and (Eventually, they say, the potty serves to cue County Executive Barry Grossman the baby.) Dealing with diapers is so unpleas- took their places on the stage and Yochim Jessica ant, they say, that cleaning an occasional mess began with their opening state- becomes tolerable. The little darlings' public ments. Kevin MacDowell (left) directs the flow between Barry appearances sometimes call for diapers, but can Dahlkemper went first, and led Grossman (center) and Kathy Dahlkemper (right). also be dealt with by taking the baby behind the by trying to answer the most-asked nearest tree. One parent even admitted, "I have question of the campaign: absolutely been at parties and witnessed people “Why?” they kept their pledge to run a positive campaign. gentleman from WRT [Principal Eric Tamu- putting their baby over the sink." Dahlkemper’s decision to challenge an incum- “Yes, I have,” she said, despite the eyebrow- lonis, who was invited by Destination Erie: A Can't Possibly Be True bent from her own party had a lot of people raising TV ad she ran attacking Grossman right Regional Vision to delivered a presentation at scratching their heads. out of the gate, blaming him for GE’s recent the Blasco Library Tuesday, April 23 regarding ashington, D.C.'s WRC-TV reported in “I love Erie County. I was born and raised decision to potentially fire almost 1,000 people. an Erie Bayfront master plan] was promoting the March that a woman from the Maryland Grossman, in a gentlemanly gesture, declined to way Baltimore flourished. Number one, we’re not suburbsW showed a reporter a traffic citation she hammer her on this point. Baltimore…we’re a poverty-stricken area.” had just received, ticketing her for driving in the On Monday, May 13, we At this point in the debate, Dahlkemper seemed Tucci went on to press for the development of left lane on Interstate 95 in Laurel while going to lose certain sections of the crowd’s interest. industry as a solution to poverty, and seemed to only 63 mph -- compared to the posted ("maxi- held the third Erie Reader Her message seemed muddy and undefined, suggest that the GAF site should revert to its for- mum") speed of 65.